For SATB choir with piano accompaniments. Also available for SSA: NOV078815.The Novello Choral Programme is the creation of a panel of advisors pre-eminent in the British music scene. They have been chosen for their experience in choral conducting concert work and music education. This album includes arrangements of such hits as California Dreamin' Mamma Mia and O Happy Day.

Morten Lauridsen's lyrical settings of Rainer Maria Rilke's Les roses have become part of mainstream choral repertory. Deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery  Les Chansons de Roses enhance the characteristic of the poems and capture their delicate beauty and sensuousness. This new Faber issue places the sheet music to all of the songs in one edition for the first time arranged for accompanied SATB choir. The Choral Programme Series is now a well-established programming tool for many choirs as it offers a wealth of fresh material from many eras and in manystyles. Also offering great value for money as each volume in the series provides up to forty minutes of music

A unique guide to teaching unaccompanied singing!Gitika Partington's a cappella arrangements are used by youth and community choirs around the world.Gitika believes in the sensational power of group singing bringing people together to express joy and celebration through song. Not being able to read music is no obstacle and Gitika's tips and the original arrangements included here demonstrate just how rewarding and inclusive teaching a cappella by ear and gesture can be!Gitika Partington is a singer/songwriter vocal arranger teacher and choral director. She has an MA in choral education and holds many other musical qualifications. Sheruns regular 'popular and world style' singing workshops as well as national training sessions for adults and children. In addition she runs three adult community choirs where all the music is learned by ear and is mostly self arranged.One of Gitika's major loves is a cappella vocal arranging which she does for her three choirs and her vocal workshops. Her arrangements are used by youth and community choirs across the UK and internationally. This book contains the first of many of her arrangements she would like to share even more widely.She is a member of the Natural Voice Practitioner Network an organisation that believes in singing as a spontaneous way of expressing joy celebration and grief and as a medium for binding communities together. Gitika shares the network's belief that singing together should be available to all and is not about having 'a good voice'. All of her groups are non-audition and open to anyone who wants to sing.

In 2004 the number one album Come Away with Me established Norah Jones as one of the year's top performers her smooth jazz stylings and velvet voice topping the charts and winning admirers. Her former choir director Paris Rutherford has tastefully arranged this top single in a vocal jazz setting for SATB mixed choir. Ideal to add some delicate contemporary swing to any choral performance!

By Popular Request includes thirteen superb arrangements of classic popular songs for mixed voice choirs. The selection covers a wide range of styles and moods so choirs will be sure to find the right piece to provide a light selection in a concert programme or simply as an encore!Selected and edited by Ralph Allwood one of the UK's most distinguished choral directors.

The Maccabaean Revolt in the second century B.C. provided the background to the story that unfolds in Judas Maccabaeus. It is part of the history of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. This oratorio follows the story from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. up until Judas' march on Jerusalem in 164 B.C. With a libretto supplied by Thomas Morell Handel's great work was first performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden on April the 1st 1747 as part of his annual Lenten season of oratorios. By the time of Handel's death in 1759 Judas Maccabaeus had become the composer's second most popular oratorio having received 33 Londonperformances under the composer's supervision (Messiah had 36).For SATB soli SATB chorus and accompaniment. This version edited by Merlin Channon. Includes historical notes.

Viva La Vida was a massive hit for Coldplay achieving the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in addition to hitting the top spot in both the UK and Us charts.Its strong marching melody and punchy accompaniment work perfectly in this arrangement for SATB choir and Piano accompaniment.

A challenging comical-tragical-ecological Pastoral for SATB and piano. Although this work has a serious message about the preservation of the countryside it also has a great sense of fun which will be enjoyed by audiences and choirs alike. Indications like ‘solo’ or ‘small group’ should be distributed according to talents available and any solo which bears a ‘character-name’ like ‘cow’ or ‘crow’ may be sung by any type of voice regardless of pitch.A Double Bass part is available seperately - Catalogue No. NOV200174-01

Leonard Cohen's masterful enduring and poignant song Hallelujah has also been recorded by John Cale Jeff Buckley Bono Rufus Wainwright Kathryn Williams K.D. Lang Willie Nelson Aled Jones Michael McDonald Katherine Jenkins Alexandra Burke (Winner of 2008's 'X-Factor') and a multitude of other artists. This classic anthem is arranged here for unaccompanied SATB choir. A Piano accompaniment is provided for rehearsal purposes.

A set of five classic songs by successful seventies Swedish superstars Abba! They have been wonderfully arranged here for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. This is a terrific set suitable for youth choirs and more experienced groups looking for light material. These perfect pop pieces by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus are as popular today as ever and will delight audiences and excite singers making them ideal for performances large and small formal and informal! The Piano accompaniment also includes chord symbols to add Guitar.

Christmas hits for SATB choir with piano accompaniment arranged by Berty Rice. Includes Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Keeping The Dream Alive.